Regulating Global Security Insights from Conventional and Unconventional Regimes / edited by Nik Hynek, Ondrej Ditrych, Vit Stritecky.

This edited collection presents an innovative approach to global security regimes. Employing both conceptual and empirical studies, the volume examines three empirically-oriented sets of cases: weapons of mass destruction, humanitarian disarmament and unconventional threats. The book combines interr...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hynek, Nik (Editor), Ditrych, Ondrej (Editor), Stritecky, Vit (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Summary:This edited collection presents an innovative approach to global security regimes. Employing both conceptual and empirical studies, the volume examines three empirically-oriented sets of cases: weapons of mass destruction, humanitarian disarmament and unconventional threats. The book combines interrogations of the most prominent prohibition/regulatory regimes while covering WMDs, humanitarian issues and other agendas such as drugs, endangered species and cyber security. It will be of interest to academics and researchers in International Relations and Security Studies. Nik Hynek is Associate Professor in Theory of Politics and Chair of the Department of Security Studies at the Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic. Ondrej Ditrych is Director of Institute of International Relations Prague and academic fellow at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Vit Stritecky is Assistant Professor in Security Studies at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Physical Description:XV, 314 p. 1 illus. online resource.
ISBN:9783319985992
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-98599-2